Europe
Gap between rich and poor widens
The gap between the rich and poor in most of the world\'s advanced economies is at record levels, according to an OECD ...US, Britain fine six top banks nearly $6 bn for forex, Libor abuses
US and British regulators fined six major global banks a total of nearly $6 billion between them Wednesday for rigging the foreign ...All bodies from Germanwings plane crash identified
Investigators have identified the remains of all 150 people aboard a Germanwings flight that was deliberately crashed into the French Alps, a ...Homeless Nepalis sleep in the open as monsoon rains approach
Nepali tea shop owner Phurba Sherpa has spent four nights cramped under a tarpaulin with his wife and nine others on a ...Russia restarts spacecraft after embarrassing failures
Russia\'s space agency said Monday it had managed to restart the engines of the Progress spacecraft and correct the orbit of the ...Macedonia braced for huge anti-government protest
Macedonia\'s opposition was set to lead a major rally on Sunday in the troubled Balkan country, as the conservative government grapples with ...Netherlands granted right to host 2019 European Games
The European Olympic Committees have granted the Netherlands the right to host the second edition of the European Games in 2019.Three killed in attack on EU vehicle in Kabul
Three people including a foreigner working with the European Union police were killed Sunday when a Taliban attacker rammed his explosives-laden car ...Ukraine appoints US senator McCain presidential aide
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed John McCain, a hawkish US senator who has pressed Washington to send lethal weapons to war-torn ...Gunmen kill 43 in attack on Shiite minority in Pakistan
Gunmen on motorcycles boarded a bus and opened fire on commuters in Pakistan\'s volatile southern city of Karachi on Wednesday, killing at ...